More information: The Black Noodle Project are a French prog band formed in 2001. The debut CD 'And Life Goes On' was heavily influenced by the work of Pink Floyd, being both atmospheric and dynamic, and filled with piano and guitar solos. The band's second CD 'Play Again' in 2006 goes one step beyond and is full of intense atmosphere and melody. The Floydian influences are still present, but more discrete, through a sense of slowness, a sort of "quiet despair" and melancholy. With worked-out arrangements and sound effects, the band keeps the balance between heavy riffs, delicate guitar arpeggios or piano parts, airy keyboards and great, expressive vocals in English. Although sometimes near the sound of Porcupine Tree, The Black Noodle Project has its own identity.